About the Author

ARTHUR B. EVANS is a renowned Jules Verne scholar, and professor of French at DePauw University. He is the general editor of Wesleyan's Early Classics of Science Fiction series, coeditor of The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, and managing editor of the journal Science Fiction Studies.

Reviews

"This is an important collection of classic pieces of commentary on early science fiction by recognized specialists in the field. It has an international range of topics from Europe to Latin America and explains the complex interaction between literature and both science and technology, and sheds invaluable light on the gradual emergence of science-fiction practices from the seventeenth century up to the period between the world wars. It documents in fascinating detail writers' responses to change and their different ways of embodying expectation in narrative."--David Seed, University of Liverpool

"International in scope, Vintage Visions is a treasure house of eye-opening classic essays on science fiction's early history and prehistory. Collectively, the sixteen essayists offer richer, more varied perspectives on the evolving and experimental relationship between fiction and science than any single-author study could provide.""--Robert Crossley, author of Imagining Mars: A Literary History

"These essays do an excellent job of displaying the breadth and variety of science fiction studies as a field, both chronologically and geographically. They define and articulate the field efficiently and impressively.""--John Rieder, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

"This book is like a long-abandoned gold mine. Even its bibliography is one of the strangest things I've ever read.""--Bruce Sterling

"This is an important collection of classic pieces of commentary on early science fiction by recognized specialists in the field. It has an international range of topics from Europe to Latin America and explains the complex interaction between literature and both science and technology, and sheds invaluable light on the gradual emergence of science-fiction practices from the seventeenth century up to the period between the world wars. It documents in fascinating detail writers' responses to change and their different ways of embodying expectation in narrative."--David Seed, University of Liverpool

"A rich volume of essays that voyage back deep to the roots of modern science fiction, thereby illuminating contemporary productions from a foundational angle."--Paul Di Filippo, Locus

"There can be no doubting the quality of the critical essays collected in this anthology."--Adam Roberts, Science Fiction Studies

"[A] compelling look back at ideas, authors, and texts that offer a snapshot of academic scholarship on early science fiction."--S.E. Vie, Choice

"A rich volume of essays that voyage back deep to the roots of modern science fiction, thereby illuminating contemporary productions from a foundational angle."--Paul Di Filippo, Locus

"[A] fascinating collection of essays and articles."--Ryder Miller, Portland Review of Books